Blessed Henry Abbot

Memorial: 4 July
Profile: Layman. Convert. He was approached by a Protestant minister who claimed to be searching for a priest so he could reconcile with the Church. When Henry arranged a meeting with a priest who was in hiding due to state persecution of Catholics, the minister betrayed them to the authorities. Henry was imprisoned and executed for the crime of hiding a priest. Martyr.
Born: at Howden, East Riding, Yorkshire, England
Died: hanged, drawn, and quartered in 1597 at York, England
Beatified: 1929 by Pope Pius XI
Canonized: pending
Additional Information: Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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